Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a small bowl, mix together mustard, syrup, and vinegar. Place chicken breasts into 9×13 greased baking dish. Season with salt & pepper. Pour mustard mixture over chicken. Make sure each breast is fully coated. No need to marinate. Bake for about 30-40 minutes, or until meat thermometer reads 165 degrees. (Line your pan with foil to keep clean up easy!)

Ina Garten has been one of my favorite chefs a long time now. The soup was delicious but I didn't love the grilled cheese on the panini press. All of the cheese got pressed out. They weren't oooey and goooey like I love. Otherwise, great recipe.

Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add marshmallows and stir until melted. Remove from heat. Add a few drops of food coloring and stir to combine. Add rice krispies and stir thoroughly until coated. Let sit 3-5 minutes.

Waiting for the mixture to cool enough to from balls.

To make pumpkins: spray hands with Pam cooking spray and form the mixture into balls. Insert a tootsie roll that your husband unpeeled for you into the ball and press mixture against it so that it sits firmly in place. Once firm, use the appropriate tip to pipe icing for the stem.

14 January 2013

In September, B and I took a long weekend trip to New Orleans. It was lots of fun, but UNGODLY hot and insanely humid. We crammed a ton of things into 4 days. If you are interested in our itinerary, I would be happy to email it to you!

Here are some of the highlights:

Checking out the Cemetery on our city tour our first afternoon.

Our first NOLA dinner at Deanie's Seafood: A take on their famous BBQ Shrimp Pasta.

1) Grate the 1/3 bar of Fels Naptha and toss it in a pot with 6 cups of water. Heat on low until the soap melts but do not boil stir often. Once the soap is melted add the 1/2 cup of 20 Mule Team Borax and 1/2 cup of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda. Continue stirring until the mixture is almost thick as honey. Remove from the heat.

These are the containers I use. I can fit 2 and a half batches in each, and I can fit 2 batches in my pot. I have three of these in rotation and will make 3 double batches once I have two empty. This lasts a really long time.

2) Add the soap to your bucket along with 4 cups hot water and stir thoroughly. Then add a gallon of water plus 6 cups and stir some more. Let it sit over night.

3) In the morning, you will have a lovely gelatinous glob in your bucket. You may have globs of goo or it could be more watery. It all depends on the weather, your water, or a million other things and it will work just fine no matter how it looks. Promise... You can use an immersion blender or a slotted spoon to mix it up if you want and put it in a cute container with a spigot. I just use the cup off the last container of All that I bought and scoop it out. 1/2 cup per load. I go with a bit for for things like towels or larger loads.

07 January 2013

I recently discovered Skinny Taste. Wow, is that addicting. Just about as addicting as Pinterest. Not long ago, we made the Carrot Ginger Soup. It was delicious. And please bear with me. I got a new laptop from my hubby for Christmas and in the transfer, I can't find all of my pictures, this one included... Some of it is because of Windows 8 which I am getting used too and some of it is finding everything that was transferred.